When Monika first heard about Tiny, adopting a cat was far from her plans. She was browsing the shelter’s website, searching for a new bowl for her dog, when she stumbled upon a picture of a small ginger cat. Tiny had sad, golden eyes, reflecting a loneliness that seemed to capture her heart instantly. The description revealed that Tiny had been abandoned on a parking lot, likely left there with the hope that someone would take her in. Days passed before anyone noticed her, and eventually, she found herself in the shelter.

When I first saw Pysia, she was quietly curled up in the corner of the shelter, barely visible behind the bars of her enclosure. Her big, golden eyes were filled with worry and uncertainty, as if she were wondering if anything good would ever come her way again. A shelter worker explained that Pysia had been brought in after being found at an abandoned suburban lot. She had spent the whole summer there, struggling to survive until someone finally intervened and brought her to safety.